The Political State of Great Britain, Volume 9J. Baker and T. Warner, 1715 - Great Britain |
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Page 45
... some better Security they are alive at the Time of Pay- ment than Certificates under the Hands of the Minifters and Churchwardens , feveral of which have by my Deputy been difcovered to be counterfeited ; but there is now an end put to ...
... some better Security they are alive at the Time of Pay- ment than Certificates under the Hands of the Minifters and Churchwardens , feveral of which have by my Deputy been difcovered to be counterfeited ; but there is now an end put to ...
Page 48
... Some Days before publick Notice Preferments . was given , that his Majefty had been pleased to appoint John Vanburgh , Kt . to be Comptroller of his Majefty's Works in England ; Thomas Hewett , Efq ; to be Sur- veyor General of all his ...
... Some Days before publick Notice Preferments . was given , that his Majefty had been pleased to appoint John Vanburgh , Kt . to be Comptroller of his Majefty's Works in England ; Thomas Hewett , Efq ; to be Sur- veyor General of all his ...
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... Some were afraid of a Foreign Power and a Popish Pretender ; orbers were afraid of God knows what ; and like wild Horfes , Starting at a Shadow on one side , were leap- ing down a Precipice on the other . Thus were our Times unstable ...
... Some were afraid of a Foreign Power and a Popish Pretender ; orbers were afraid of God knows what ; and like wild Horfes , Starting at a Shadow on one side , were leap- ing down a Precipice on the other . Thus were our Times unstable ...
Page 64
... some share of this Guilt to answer for ; but great Guilt lies upon those of the Church of Rome , who have shed more of the Blood of GOD's Saints , than all the Heathen Per- fecutions put together . This proceeds from a Spirit directly ...
... some share of this Guilt to answer for ; but great Guilt lies upon those of the Church of Rome , who have shed more of the Blood of GOD's Saints , than all the Heathen Per- fecutions put together . This proceeds from a Spirit directly ...
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... Some Days after , Jeffrey Walpole , Efq ; Preferments . was declared Treafurer of the Royal in the Exche Hofpital at Greenwich ; and Henry Har- quer . court , Efq ; was made Comptroller of the Comptrollers Two Million Lottery , Anno ...
... Some Days after , Jeffrey Walpole , Efq ; Preferments . was declared Treafurer of the Royal in the Exche Hofpital at Greenwich ; and Henry Har- quer . court , Efq ; was made Comptroller of the Comptrollers Two Million Lottery , Anno ...
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